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The Return Of Poor Sam Stern And His Supporter To The T--y

The Return Of Poor Sam Stern And His Supporter To The T--y

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TITLE:  The return of poor Sam Stern and his supporter to the T--y CALL NUMBER:  PC 3 - 1788 - Return of poor Sam Stern ... (A size) [P&P] REPRODUCTION NUMBER:  LC-USZ62-134182 (b&w film copy neg.) RIGHTS INFORMATION:  No known restrictions on publication. SUMMARY:  Print shows a man sitting upon and facing the rear of a donkey on which is a blanket with crest and the motto "honi soit que mal y pense" and a key hanging from its neck. The man says, "In April 82 I was all astern, but saved my Credit by laying in the way and picking up the crippled Ships - in the Chesepeak all astern - at St. Kitts the Anchor left astern - in the House left my old Friends and Brother Officers all astern and now, alas, I am all astern myself." MEDIUM:  1 print : etching. CREATED/PUBLISHED:  London : Pub'd by J. Brown, Oxford Street, 1788 July 30. NOTES: Title from item. Attributed to William Dent. Paper watermarked at top center. DLC Forms part of: British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress). SUBJECTS: Donkeys--England--1780-1790. Politics & government--England--1780-1790. Government officials--England--1780-1790. FORMAT: Satires (Visual works) British 1780-1790.Etchings 1780-1790. REPOSITORY:  Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA DIGITAL ID:  (digital file from b&w film copy neg.) cph 3c34182 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3c34182 CONTROL #:  2004670120